This Great Egret takes off into a warm late afternoon light at a local marsh.

Canon 7D with 500L f4 lens with 1.4 II extender and IS handheld @ 1/800, f7.1, ISO 400, -1/3 exposure compensation to prevent burning the whites.

As usual with birds in movement, I had to crop slightly for composition purposes because I use the centre AF point on the bird.

Cheers,

Mike